After one postponement it seemed the weather was going to be against this local derby for a second time. However, a window of opportunity showed itself and the game was on. Reece Fitzgerald and Owen Hughes opened the batting. The sharp arm of Matthew Share was to make this a short lived partnership after 4 balls Hughes was run out. Owen Church (6) came to the crease but dollied a catch up to Andrew Wyant off of the bowling of Alfie Arnold in the 4 over. Reed needed to consolidate and they did under the partnership of Fitzgerald and Jack Caine. Both batsman were nip and tuck scoring alongside each other, picking up valuable boundaries. They took the score to 98 when left arm Share struck again and took Fitzgerald’s stumps away. Connor Poulton added 31 runs bowled Wyant and with just 3 balls left of the innings Josh Coldicott-Stephens (0no) partnered Jack Caine to an unbeaten 53. Reed’s final score of 143 was the total to beat.Buntingford started slowly, Reeds tight bowling and fielding meant runs were hard to come by. Even so Buntingford’s openers made it to the 8th over without loss. Joe Babbage caught by Fitzgerald off the bowling of Freddie Stuart. Stuart struck again in the 10th with the wicket of Reece Kapp caught and bowled, along with the run out of Alfie Arnold (10) by Scott Curtis. Buntingford were 24 for 3, the 10th over being a milestone, even if the weather gave in there was going to be a result. Two more overs and two more wickets. 7th batsman Frank Bown came to the crease for his match debut and scored 10 including 2 boundaries before the weather cut [...]

Cambridge won the toss and put Reed into bat. Two early wickets of Owen Hughes and Jack Caine went down by the 3rd over. Opener Reece Fitzgerald held up the innings as wickets fell about him for not many runs. Scott Curtis no 7 made it to double figures of 11 not out, with Cambridge gifting Reed 57 extras the home side finished on a respectable total of 133 for 6, 43 of which came from the bat of Fitzgerald.The Reed bowlers came out fighting, up to the 7th over Cambridge were behind the run rate. Reed then conceded 43 runs in the next 4 overs which put Cambridge right back in the game. Single handidly Fitzgerald dealt with top order batsman J Vigleon (25),L Waldock (36) and W Sewell(12). It was the 12 over and it seemed that the tables had turned. The run rate started to fall back again and in the 16th over Zac Conley claimed two more wickets. With Reed only conceding 16 extras Cambridge were having to work for every run. Jake Caine and Connor Poulton came back on to take a further two wickets, leaving the visiting side 4 runs to get off the last over with 2 wickets to spare. There was still more drama; Cambs number 10 was run out, with 3 balls to go the match was tied. Taylor hit the final winning run leaving him on an unbeaten 32 with 2 balls of the innings left. The match could not have been closer.